Lea DeLaria

Acting · Born 1958-05-23 · Belleville, Illinois, USA

Biography

Lea DeLaria is an American comedian, actress, and jazz singer. She portrayed Carrie "Big Boo" Black on the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black and Psychic Madame Delphina on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live from 1999 to 2011.

Known for

• Tow (2026)
• Woodstockers (2026)
• Outerlands (2025)
• Old Dykes (2025)
• Glitter & Doom (2024)
• Ahead of the Curve (2021)
• Potato Dreams of America (2021)
• The Lesbian Bar Project (2021)
• The Renegades (2020)
• Thanks to Hank (2019)
• Support the Girls (2018)
• Bear with Us (2016)
• The Same Difference (2015)
• Ass Backwards (2013)
• Dear Dumb Diary (2013)
• Outlaugh! (2006)
• Fat Rose and Squeaky (2006)
• Edge of Seventeen (1999)
• My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies (1999)
• Homo Heights (1998)
• We're Funny That Way (1998)
• Plump Fiction (1997)
• Jodie: An Icon (1996)
• The First Wives Club (1996)